Posted on 11/08/2018 2:55:49 PM PST by EdnaMode
Disney is continuing to expand its Star Wars galaxy.
Disney is developing a live-action scripted series with Diego Luna, star of 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It will go into production next year for Disney's streaming service, called Disney Plus. The series will follow rebel spy Cassian Andor during the early days of the Rebellion and ahead of the events of Rogue One.
"Going back to the Star Wars universe is very special for me,” Luna said of the Rogue One prequel. “I have so many memories of the great work we did together and the relationships I made throughout the journey. We have a fantastic adventure ahead of us, and this new exciting format will give us the chance to explore this character more deeply.”
After spending several months without an official name, the family-friendly streaming service has finally been named Disney Plus. That’s consistent with the company’s branding for its ESPN streaming service, which is simply ESPN Plus.
The company will hold an event in April to reveal more information about the forthcoming service, Disney CEO Iger said Thursday during the company's earnings call with reporters. He said that he recently traveled to the offices of BAMtech, the developer of the app, and described what he saw as having “elegant navigation” and the ability to personalize content, which will include both new projects like the Rogue One prequel as well as library fare.
This is the second Star Wars series Disney has announced for its direct-to-consumer platform and joins The Mandalorian from showrunner Jon Favreau. The reveal of the Rogue One prequel arrives months after Iger revealed in February that multiple Star Wars live-action series were in the works for the DTC platform.
Disney Plus is designed to be the Mouse House's Netflix rival. The service, which is planned for a launch sometime in 2019, will be home to original and library content from Lucasfilm (Star Wars), Marvel and Pixar. Disney Plus has been ramping up its original Marvel scripted series and plans to bring several familiar faces from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the new platform with shows of their own. Iger confirmed it was developing a series to star Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Meanwhile, Disney has begun trimming its Marvel fare on Netflix, axing dramas Iron Fist and Luke Cage as the clock ticks down to zero on just how long the feature film library content will remain on the streaming giant.
Prequel to a prequel....................
Make it STOP! Gads, more sequel, postquel, prequel, Nyquil... GAAAAAAAH!
Dead series. The first was so boring I only made it through the first 19 minutes.
“My name diego luna. I am not a main character in SWU so I cannot create controversy in small minds of my creator. You keel my father. I keel your droid.”
Now they are going the other way — trying to work with characters no one gives 2 farks for. They think will work by not offending canon.
Disney misses the point AGAIN.
Another real Alpha Male actor...
So it takes place in between scenes in the prequel or before Rogue one altogether?
Disney is doing to movies what Marvel did in the 90s. Flood the channel with product and control distribution.
Rogue One: The Phantom Menace.
Whatever else Rouge Zero has in it, it better have more of this.
Will it have even more gay characters?
Will Disney do as Marvel did (and concert agents do now), If you want to book the live action adaptation of Frozen you also need to book these 4 turkeys....
(I was meaning “Solo” was it?)
I really liked Rogue One. I don’t have big expectations for Star Wars movies. If they have a little romance and some “save the world” stuff and a few moments of humor, and some swashbuckling sabers or something, I’m good.
I am in the Force and the Force is in me.
Bring it.
And Darth Vader could potentially appear in the series.
cool!
Oh, not again! Ew!
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